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" FIFA has been dogged by corruption rumors for decades, and an extensive FBI investigation resulted in the arrests of several of the organization&amp;#039;s leaders early Wednesday morning. As first reported by The New York Times, the U.S. Department of Justice has indicted 14 people on corruption charges, including racketeering, wire fraud, and money laundering. Noticeably absent from the arrests is FIFA president Sepp Blatter, who is expected to be re-elected for his fifth term at the end of this week. The arrests were carried out by plainclothes officers in Zurich&amp;#039;s Baur au Lac hotel this morning. The Times reports that the arrested officials will face extradition to the United States, and that, in the wake of this morning&amp;#039;s events, Switzerland has opened its own criminal investigation surrounding the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids. Read the full story here. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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